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There seems to be a need for more rapid, lower cost, exploratory, lightweight, responsive and revisable methods that can help with discovery based research in CSCW. A growing number of researchers are expressing frustration with the challenge of selecting or developing an appropriate research method, applying it in a CSCW context and then having to justify the legitimacy of that method in publications, and particularly through the peer review process. In this workshop we will share experiences in the design adaptation and use of lightweight research methods. We will explore ways to assess the validity, strengths, and weaknesses of these methods -and how to explain these and justify them to others. ## Workshop Theme Developing and justifying novel research methods can be a frustrating process. In part this is because of the problems that emerge in borrowing and adapting methods from the social and behavioral sciences (e.g. ethnography, grounded theory, controlled experiments, factor analysis, survey questionnaires, etc.). There are pre-existing arguments about validity and value, such as those over quantitative v qualitative research that carry over from these other fields. Addition

Author

Michael Bernard Twidale; Nic Weber; Alan Chamberlain; Sally Jo Cunningham; Alan Dix

Publisher

ACM

Published

2014

Language

EN